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Two Friends Split $250,000 Mega Millions Prize

 

BALTIMORE, MD – Two lucky men from the Eastern Shore’s Berlin area, were overjoyed when they learned they had won a second-tier $250,000 Mega Millions prize from Friday night’s drawing. The pair, who happen to be good friends, told Lottery officials that they’ve been playing the same numbers for quite a few years now and they were happy that their ‘ship finally came in.’

The elder of the pair, who is a retired-73-year-old-ocean-seaman, said he happened to be up at 1 a.m. and figured he’d check the Lottery’s website to see if he had won.

“I rubbed my eyes, after taking my glasses off of course, to see if I was imagining things,” he said. “I must have checked and double checked the numbers. When I was finally convinced, I called my buddy to tell him we had won.”

The 51-year-old co-winner, said he was just getting ready to go to bed when he got the call. “I thought he was playing a joke on me,” said the man who rents properties for a living. “I told my wife and she thought I was playing a joke on her.”  

The lucky winners said that after splitting the prize money 50/50, they would both save most of it. The winning numbers were 8-14-22-39-50 and bonus ball 24.

The winning ticket was purchased at Your Store on Old Ocean City Boulevard in Berlin

 

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